Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-19
An anarchise's ConEession.

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Henry Guy Carietoa nas written humor-
Gus article to tho New York JVorld entitled
IAN Anarchists Confession" from which
the following paragraphs s.e extracted:
"|Yhal 1 want to DO is to give my views
al airing, but ! may say right here that If
Mi Of US anarchists aired ourselves as often
as ya air cur views there wGuid be less dam
ge: OF Asiatic cholera 10 This city. Notore-
~ is all Me have 10 live upon, and lately
most CT us have beeu getting pretty thin.
Before beginning this explanation OF its
principles l wish TO observe that anarchy is
very difficult 20 understand. We 60 not un-
derstan6 it ourselves. ana while this fact
enables us 10 teik = great deal without say
ing much il duplicates the issue Of a dis
tinct platform.
"rne general purpose, however, OF an-
srcby IS to abolish government. The hid.
sous trGmmeis Of iaV are irksome to no.
Ole free thinker who wishes 10 enjoy his
ueighbor's property. Not u day passes but
some rufGan min;0n of authority .iDprisons
o@e or more citizens for simply inserting
their iiugers N another mans trousers in
scarch Of money, which, according 10 our
holes iGw. is Common property.
What right has any man 20 property
which / want? On the shallow DreteXt that
no has worked for i, inherited ii or found
Il, has he right &c swell around aud enjoy
his morsy?y Is rot that beautiful las Of
reciprocity which we observe in tho har
Inunious movement of the spheres best car
RED out if he does all the work and ] get all
tho fun?
we are opposed to capital. 1t gals US
70 think how much beer Jay Gould could
drink if ne chose TO spend his entire Income
nat way Instead, however, OF this
noble ana philosophical pursuit, he boards
his means and lies awake nights wondering
which young telegraph company will be tat
enough TO kill next.
''Tne only way to abolish capital is for
lie bondhoiders 70 pool their property and
give it 10 us. They would then be aua.cb-
ists, and VIC, having worked anarchy for ell
she is worth, would tie enabled TO retire and
expose the hollow fraud
We are opposed to spelling. books and
soap Educate an anarchist and you en-
feeble bis constitution; wash him, and he
dies. Soap is not & natural product, hence
nature did rot contemplate its use. Abolish
soap and every man becomes sb once Q hold
er OF the soil, exactly as that great man, MIR.
Henry George has SO beautifully elocidated.
Education is g dangerous thing. Il of.
ten tempts rl2r - try 10 earn his own
living ard bs Of some use TO the community.
The moment man becomes 3 wsge-eerner
he pe-eoiVes That heer snd bunkum are OBJ
stecles 10 bis success ard he is.not so anx
ious for riot aGd pilinge, for Go sees that
whatever destroys or hampers capital must
n.cassariiv iniure tha workman 10 whom II
furnishes employment This pernicous
Knowledge WiIl wean him frcm our ranks to
thosG Of vorkipgmen who seek only their
Just rights and seek them by honorable and
legitimate means.
.'yVe believe in stirring up others to ac
ton, but we hold it az sacred creed that
when the shooting begins wa are better off
al home under the bst: or up q chimney.
Nothing impairs o mans usefulness more
than getting shot An anarchist full of bull
let holes ana leaking sour beer at every
pore is unfit TO eXpound our principles. Our
holy mission is 10 lurE in saloons, watch
and wait until some great public diaturb-
ance occurs, leap to the front with red flags.
dynamite and strong language, fan the
flames Of passion to roaring he'll OF Jury,
direct the onslaught of the irrational mob to
slaughter and piilage, swell its ranks with
al trsmps and thieves, cutthrosts and out
laws, suppiy it with iucendiary speeches
anu III III! u!Qc!ouo cSS' sHSi ThNi eiSAi' "iN - VIZ
| armed resistance appears and the carnage
begins, nimbly ard somewhat thoughtfully
skip TO The rear.
| I'VE wish it distinctly 10 be understood
that we are not in the smallest way allied
| to the working mems cause. Work is
nuisance and gall to the nerves. 1t is en-.
tirely dissociated from the holy cause oi
beer and cuff to which we have devoted our
] lives We nay seek an alliance with work.
lug men, but it is only for the purpose oil
breeding trouble and then divding-they to
get the trouble while we get the spoils.
THE trouble with us anarchists is, we
fight too much among ourselves. No one OF
us trusts the other. We Know each other
100 well! Really, we are in hard lines now
and unless heer goes down or the republic
goes up some of US will be forced to quit the
business and 20 to WORK, and we would
rather curl up and DIE